Review of Ark of the Apocalypse
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Review of Ark of the Apocalypse
[Following is a volunteer review of "Ark of the Apocalypse" by Tobin Marks.]
Are you a science fiction fan with a penchant for aliens, humans, supernatural abilities, dragons, space travel, wars with advanced weaponry but not so advanced as to be completely unbelievable well then this book is for you because Tobin Marks manages to get all of it into Ark of the Apocalypse. Marks begins in the early 1900’s right around the beginning of WWII using what could be described as a generally historically accurate scene in Europe walks you through the destruction of Nagasaki and then whisks you ahead to the 2030’s but in such a way that you barely notice the 100 year shift. This seamless shift allows your imagination to fill in details and isn’t that really the point of science fiction to get the imagination flowing and here he introduces space travel not just space flight, soon advanced weaponry enters the picture and is common to both sides of the geopolitical scene and not just nuclear weapons, some of what Marks comes up with would be an amazing thing if they came into our physical world. Ark of the Apocalypse is all about saving the human race both from itself and for itself in multiple locations, and Marks does a fabulous job pulling in the imagery necessary to do achieve this. I found myself being drawn into the story of this easy to read future based story that was still grounded enough to be a completely plausible future, almost as if Tobin Marks is a Seer and can see our future. The ending of the novel while consistent with the story does a good job of setting it up for a second novel and perhaps more.
Some of the most positive aspects of this novel is how the author keeps it believable and yet futuristic enough to say “oh wow.” This book is also vague in all the right spots allowing your imagination to create when it needs to in order to fill in the tertiary details.
However, this book does have some issues in proofreading and details that leave the reader needing to decide to either just gloss over the lack of explanation or put the book down in favor of doing some external research to fill in the details, this does however only occur in the early chapters when history is being established and neither of these issues leave the book unreadable, or unenjoyable in fact very much to the contrary.
All in all I give Ark of the Apocalypse 3 out of 4 stars. I am unable to give it a full 4 stars due to the proofreading errors and what I consider gaps in necessary details, however it was a really good read and I have already recommended it to a friend whom I know will enjoy it, and I look forward to the next book from this author.
Ark of the Apocalypse is written in a manner that gives it a large target audience. I find that this book is a good fit for youth through adult, Marks writes it so that it is easy enough for a 10-12 year old to read and comprehend but complex enough to hold the attention of any adult.
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Ark of the Apocalypse
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Are you a science fiction fan with a penchant for aliens, humans, supernatural abilities, dragons, space travel, wars with advanced weaponry but not so advanced as to be completely unbelievable well then this book is for you because Tobin Marks manages to get all of it into Ark of the Apocalypse. Marks begins in the early 1900’s right around the beginning of WWII using what could be described as a generally historically accurate scene in Europe walks you through the destruction of Nagasaki and then whisks you ahead to the 2030’s but in such a way that you barely notice the 100 year shift. This seamless shift allows your imagination to fill in details and isn’t that really the point of science fiction to get the imagination flowing and here he introduces space travel not just space flight, soon advanced weaponry enters the picture and is common to both sides of the geopolitical scene and not just nuclear weapons, some of what Marks comes up with would be an amazing thing if they came into our physical world. Ark of the Apocalypse is all about saving the human race both from itself and for itself in multiple locations, and Marks does a fabulous job pulling in the imagery necessary to do achieve this. I found myself being drawn into the story of this easy to read future based story that was still grounded enough to be a completely plausible future, almost as if Tobin Marks is a Seer and can see our future. The ending of the novel while consistent with the story does a good job of setting it up for a second novel and perhaps more.
Some of the most positive aspects of this novel is how the author keeps it believable and yet futuristic enough to say “oh wow.” This book is also vague in all the right spots allowing your imagination to create when it needs to in order to fill in the tertiary details.
However, this book does have some issues in proofreading and details that leave the reader needing to decide to either just gloss over the lack of explanation or put the book down in favor of doing some external research to fill in the details, this does however only occur in the early chapters when history is being established and neither of these issues leave the book unreadable, or unenjoyable in fact very much to the contrary.
All in all I give Ark of the Apocalypse 3 out of 4 stars. I am unable to give it a full 4 stars due to the proofreading errors and what I consider gaps in necessary details, however it was a really good read and I have already recommended it to a friend whom I know will enjoy it, and I look forward to the next book from this author.
Ark of the Apocalypse is written in a manner that gives it a large target audience. I find that this book is a good fit for youth through adult, Marks writes it so that it is easy enough for a 10-12 year old to read and comprehend but complex enough to hold the attention of any adult.
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Ark of the Apocalypse
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Professional Genealogist, ravenous history fanatic, voracious reader, insatiable seeker of knowledge, devoted bullet journalist, obdurate atheist, fountain pen collector, & Dog Dad.
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